Rajasthan man held for jewellery worth Rs 3 crore from Yelahanka house in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Police have arrested a 19-year-old man from Rajasthan for allegedly burgling diamond and gold jewellery worth about Rs 3 crore from a house in north Bengaluru.

The accused, Velaram Meena alias Sunil, a resident of Salumbar district in Rajasthan, allegedly broke into a house in Judicial Layout in Yelahanka through the terrace door on February 15 and stole diamond and gold jewellery.

The house had been rented by a couple. While the husband works in the US, the wife stays in Bengaluru and visits him every six months.

The couple’s nephew filed a police complaint.

During the investigation, police traced Meena to his village under the Gingla police station limits in Rajasthan. He was detained there and brought to Bengaluru on a transit warrant.

“During interrogation, the accused confessed to stealing diamond and gold jewellery in this case. He also revealed that the stolen jewellery had been kept at his residence,” police said in a statement.

Police recovered about 1.833 kg of diamond and gold jewellery from his possession. A Bengaluru court has remanded him in judicial custody.

Meena works as a tile worker, police said.